Callechelys catostoma

Callechelys catostoma
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Callechelys
Species:	C. catostoma
Binomial name
	Callechelys catostoma; (J. G. Schneider & J. R. Forster, 1801)
Synonyms
	Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801; Callechelys catostomus (Schneider, 1801); Callechelys melanotaeni Bleeker, 1864; Callechelys melanotaenius Bleeker, 1864; Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953; Callechelys striatus Smith, 1958; Callechelys striata Smith, 1958;

Callechelys catostoma, the black-striped snake eel or dark band snake eel,^[3]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[4] It was described by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider and Johann Reinhold Forster in 1801.^[5] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Society Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and Lord Howe Island. It dwells at a depth range of 1–32 metres, and inhabits reefs. It burrows into loose gravel and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 85 centimetres (33 in).^[4]

References

^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2022). "Callechelys catostoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T199246A2574231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199246A2574231.en. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
^ Synonyms of Callechelys catostoma at www.fishbase.org.
^ Common names for Callechelys catostoma at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Callechelys catostoma". FishBase.
^ Bloch, M. E. and J. G. Schneider, 1801 [ref. 471] M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus cx Ilustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.

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